Texas Virtual School

Health

This Health course will help you develop the knowledge and skills you need to make healthy decisions that allow you to stay active, safe and informed. The lessons and activities are designed to introduce students to important aspects of the main types of health: emotional and mental, social and consumer, and physical. Among other topics, you will explore nutrition, understanding and avoiding disease, first aid and CPR, and human sexuality. You will find out about the components of a healthy lifestyle and ways to approach making healthy choices and decisions.

Course Objectives:

Introduce students to concepts and applications of the main types of health: mental and emotional, social and consumer, and physical
Introduce methods and strategies for decision-making for healthy life choices
Present opportunities for students to apply their value systems to decisions concerning health
Introduce and assess communication skills that demonstrate healthy choices with respect for self, family and others
Introduce resources provided by online sources, parents, friends and community members in making healthy choices

Prerequisites: None

Course Length: One semester

Required Text: None

Cost: $325.00 per student/per semester

Course Outline

UNIT I: Mental and Emotional Health
Section 1 - Introduction to Health Education
Section 2 - Types of Health
Section 3 - Introduction to Mental and Emotional Health
Section 4 - Understanding and Managing Emotions
Section 5 - Understanding Stress
Section 6 - Understanding Depression, Suicide, and Death
Section 7 - Understanding and Developing Identity

UNIT II: Social and Consumer Health
Section 1 - Introduction to Social and Consumer Health
Section 2 - Governmental Agencies
Section 3 - Making Good Health Choices

UNIT III: Physical Health: Nutrition
Section 1 - Introduction to Nutrition
Section 2 - Food Pyramid
Section 3 - Essential Nutrients

UNIT IV: Physical Health - Preventing Disease
Section 1 - Introduction to Preventing Disease
Section 2 - Infectious and Non-Infectious Diseases
Section 3 - Infectious Diseases Continued
Section 4 - Chronic Diseases

UNIT V: Physical Health - First Aid and CPR
Section 1 - Introduction to First Aid and CPR
Section 2 - Adult and Child CPR
Section 3 - First Aid
Section 4 - Special Situations and Safety

UNIT VI: Physical Health - Human Sexuality
Section 1 - Introduction to Human Sexuality
Section 2 - Physical Anatomy and Development
Section 3 - Introduction to Contraception
Section 4 - Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Section 5 - Dating and Sex
Section 6 - Conception, Fetal Development, and Birth
Section 7 - Decisions: Abstinence

UNIT VII: Physical Health - Drug and Alcohol Awareness
Section 1 - Introduction to Drug and Alcohol Awareness
Section 2 - Alcohol Awareness
Section 3 - Illegal Drug Awareness
Section 4 - Tobacco Awareness